About Us

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At The Centre For Minor Surgery our goal is to provide excellence in surgical treatment for benign and cancerous growths. We strive to overcome the problem of long waiting times. No referral is needed to be seen by one of our Board Certified Plastic Surgeons.

Generally no preparation is required. Minor surgical procedures usually do not require stopping your medications and you don’t need to fast or get blood work. Make your surgeon aware of your health issues and medications to ensure the best quality of care.

Keloids are best understood as an abnormal and undesirable variations in the way a person’s body heals a wound, cut, or even surgical incision.

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Lipomas

Lipomas are benign growths originating from fat cells. They are essentially a benign growth of fat (adipose) tissue. It is very rare for a lipoma to change from benign to malignant.

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Ganglion Cysts

Ganglions are fluid-filled cysts that arise from a a joint or tendon sheath. The most common body regions that ganglions arise from are the back and front of the wrist joint, the last joint in the digits, and the ankle and foot joints.

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Skin Tags

Skin tags are outgrowths of skin that can occur anywhere on the body but are particularly common on the neck, eyelids, armpits and groin areas. They are not dangerous and do not have the potential to turn into skin cancer.

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Warts / Verruca Vulgaris

A virus known as the Human Papilloma Virus, or HPV causes warts. They can be found on any part of the body, but are often seen on the soles of the feet, where they are known as “plantar warts”.

Split earlobes are elongations or complete splits of an earlobe piercing usually as a result of the use of heavier earrings. The elongation extends the piercing hole downwards towards the bottom of the earlobe ultimately leading to a complete split of the lobe over time.